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MORNING & EVENING
A very important question this seemed to be to the king of Judah, and possibly it is of even more weight with the tried and tempted O Christian. To lose money is at no times pleasant, and when principle involves it, the flesh is not always ready to make the sacrifice. “Why lose that which…
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THOUGHTS HELPFUL IN THE LIFE THE SOUL
Immitation of Christ, Thomas A. KempisTranslators, Latin to English: Aloysius Croft, Harold Bolton (Book One) IMITATING CHRIST AND DESPISING ALL VANITIES ON EARTH “HE WHO follows Me, walks not in darkness,” says the Lord. By these words of Christ we are advised to imitate His life and habits, if we wish to be truly enlightened…
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MEN OF PRAYER NEEDED
Power of Prayer, E. M. Bounds (Chapter One) Study universal holiness of life. Your whole usefulness depends on this, for your sermons last but an hour or two; your life preaches all the week. If Satan can only make a covetous minister a lover of praise, of pleasure, of good eating, he has ruined your…
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MORNING & EVENING
Tale-bearing emits a threefold poison; for it injures the teller, the hearer, and the person concerning whom the tale is told. Whether the report be true or false, we are by this precept of God’s Word forbidden to spread it. The reputations of the Lord’s people should be very precious in our sight, and we…
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THE BOUNTY OF THE DESTITUTE
My Utmost For His Highest Being justified freely by His grace … Romans 3:24. The Gospel of the grace of God awakens an intense longing in human souls and an equally intense resentment, because the revelation which it brings is not palatable. There is a certain pride in man that will give and give, but…
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LET US WITH A GLADSOME MIND
John Milton, 1608–1674 Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good. His love [mercy] endures forever. (Psalm 136:1) A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all other virtues.— Cicero A gladsome, joyous mind is the product of a grateful, praising heart. Gratefulness is the opposite of selfishness. The…
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MORNING & EVENING
The truth was in Gaius, and Gaius walked in the truth. If the first had not been the case, the second could never have occurred; and if the second could not be said of him the first would have been a mere pretence. Truth must enter into the soul, penetrate and saturate it, or else…
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AMERICA, HAPPY THANKSGIVING
How to recount the bountiful blessings our Father God has gifted us this year? Let’s give it a try… Abba, Praise you for the life within my body as I tread this sod pressing onward and focusing my eyes upward to your Kingdom for which I yearn; Thankful for your watchful eye. Praise you for…
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THE CONSECRATION OF SPIRITUAL ENERGY
My Utmost For His Highest by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. Gal. 6:14. If I brood on the Cross of Christ, I do not become a subjective pietist, interested in my own whiteness; I become dominantly concentrated on Jesus Christ’s interests. Our Lord was not a recluse nor…
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THANKS TO GOD!
August Ludvig Storm, 1862–1914Translated by Carl E. Backstrom, 1901– Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 5:20) A thankful spirit, both for the good and the difficult, is one of the important indicators of a believer’s spiritual condition. To be able to say— I…
